Vocabulary

• drug cartels: Criminal organizations that control drug trafficking operations.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• due: When something is required or expected
• sober: Not drunk
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• respond: To answer something or someone
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• investigation: Search for information about something
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• area: Amount of measured space
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• unsuspecting: Not feeling doubts or suspicions
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• precursor: Something that comes before another; forerunner
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• involvement: Act or process of joining in a particular activity
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• bank: A financial institution that keeps or lends money
• california: A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• end: The point where a process or activity stops
• launder: To disguise illegally gained money
• indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong